Mikhail Ignatiev (cyclist)
.JPG) Ignatiev at the 2011 Tour de Romandie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mikhail Borisovich Ignatiev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Gambero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
7 May 1985 Leningrad, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Road Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Time trialist Classic cycle races | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004–2005 | Lokomotiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2008 | Tinkoff Restaurants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Team Katusha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Points Race (2004) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mikhail Borisovich Ignatiev (Russian: Михаил Борисович Игнатьев) (born 7 May 1985) is a former Russian professional track and road bicycle racer. He recently rode for UCI ProTour team Team Katusha,[1] as well as participating in various track events. He is known as a time trial specialist, and also has a reputation for making the breakaway in road races and trying, often with success, to solo to victory.
Career
In 2004 Ignatiev achieved his biggest success to date, winning a gold medal in the points race at the Athens Olympics. On the road, Ignatiev came to prominence with his ability in the individual time trial. In 2002 and 2003, he was the World Junior Champion, while in 2005 he became the World Under 23 Champion.
Ignatiev signed his first professional contract in 2006, when he started riding for the Tinkoff Restaurants cycling team. This team competed mainly in Russia, but Ignatiev made a big impact during a series of Spanish races in the middle part of the season.
When Tinkoff Credit Systems was established from Tinkoff Restaurants in 2007, Ignatiev moved to Marina di Massa, Italy. Early in the 2007 cycling season, Ignatiev made a name for himself by winning a stage of the Tour Méditerranéen and the Trofeo Laigueglia with successful late attacks. He continued his form throughout the season and won two time trials, the Prologue in Ster Elektrotoer, Stage 4 of the Regio-Tour and the first stage of Vuelta a Burgos.
In the 2009 cycling season he moved to UCI World Tour Team Katusha, a newly formed Russian cycling team, sponsored by Itera, Gazprom and Rostechnologies. In his first season he achieved some greatest results having taken two podiums at 2009 Tour de France.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2002
- 1st, Junior World Time Trial Championships
- Junior World Track Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st, Junior European Track Championships, points race
- 2003
- 1st, Junior World Time Trial Championships
- Junior World Track Championships
- 1st Madison
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st, Junior European Track Championships, team pursuit
- 2004
- Olympic gold medal, points race
- 2005
- 1st, Under 23 World Championships, individual time trial
- 2006 – Tinkoff Restaurants
- 1st, Clasica Internacional "Txuma"
- 1st Overall Volta a Lleida
- 1st, Stages 1 & 2
- 1st, European Track Championships, individual pursuit
- 2nd, Under 23 World Championships, individual time trial
- 2007 – Tinkoff Credit Systems
- 1st, Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1st, Stage 3, Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st, Prologue, Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st, Stage 4, Regio-Tour
- 1st, Stage 1, Vuelta a Burgos
- 2nd, Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 5th, Tour du Haut Var
- 3rd, 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race
- 1st, Fuga Gilera classification, Giro d'Italia
- 2nd, Under 23 World Championships, individual time trial
- 2010 – Katusha
- 1st, Stage 6, Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2011 – Katusha
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships - Combativity award
Stage 16 Tour de France - 2012 – Katusha
- 3rd Overall, Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 2013 – Katusha
- 1st
Turkish Beauties Classification, Tour of Turkey - 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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 Giro |
128 | 140 | 167 | 131 | — | 143 | — |
 Tour |
— | — | 140 | — | 147 | — | — |
 Vuelta |
— | 104 | — | 148 | — | 171 | — |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References
- ↑ "Team Katusha (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mikhail Ignatiev. |
- Team profile
- Mikhail Ignatiev on Sport-Topics.Ru
- Mikhail Ignatiev at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)